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More events will be added shortly as we receive final confirmation from this academic year’s venues!

Entries are now open for the NPS Summer NJCA Congress on Saturday 10th June!

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Congratulations to all those who took part in the Dame Allan’s Congress on Sunday 26^th March.

60 children took part during the day which is another capacity turnout!

U7s
Sophie, Tim and Sebastian all won trophies in this very competitive section!

U9s
Dillan, Hugh, Necip, Terrence and Joey scored a superb 4 out of 6 to finish in joint third place. In second, with an amazing 5.5 was Kit. Our top girl champions were Nora, Rebecca and Nahide with 2 points and winning the trophy, with a fantastic 6 out of 6, was Jack!

U11s
With 4.5 points out of 6, third place went to Jake. In second place, with a super 5 points, was Ethan. Joint top girls were Emma and Elsie with 2.5, and the overall champion was Krish with 6 points.

Seniors
In a hard fought competition Anna, Leonardo, Max and Prachi took joint second place with 4 points out of 5. Naman won the overall trophy with 6 out of 6! Prachi and Anna won trophies as joint top girls.

Due to the increasing popularity of NJCA events, we are starting to reach the upper capacity limits set by the tournament venues. This has now happened for the Dame Allan’s event. However, it is always worth checking back as there are often late withdrawals.

In fact, following a couple of withdrawals, a few spaces have today (16th March) become available for the upcoming Dame Allan’s event on the 26th.

Next week, we will be asking all those who have entered to let us know if they are unable to attend and so may be able to open up a few more spaces then also.

Please note: this event is not organised by the NJCA.

Events starts at 2 p.m. £4 adults, £2 juniors. Proceeds go to the Empire club.

Pay on the day but email [email protected] in advance.

Well done to everyone who took part in the Ponteland Chess Congress on Saturday 4^th March.

Over 40 children took part during the day in a full capacity turnout!

U9s
Kit, Necip, and Joey scored a superb 4 out of 5 to finish in joint second place. Our top girl champion was Kailin with 2.5 points and jointly winning the overall title, with a fantastic 4.5 out of 5, were Hugh and Terrence!

U11s
With 4 points out of 5, joint second place went to Yannick, Aditya and Ethan. Ellie was top girl with 3, and the overall champion was James with 4.5 points.

Seniors
In a hard fought competition Leonardo, Jonathan, Max and Felix took joint second place with 2.5 points out of 4. Naman won the overall trophy with 3.5!

Entry forms are now available for the upcoming Ponteland event on 4th March and for Dame Allan’s on 26th.

Please note that the times of the Ponteland event are different from the normal weekend chess event timings. The competition starts at 1:30pm and finishes at 6pm.

As Ponteland is one of our smaller venues spaces limited so there will be no separate U7 section for this tournament. U7s are still welcome to compete in the U8 section. A separate U7 morning competition will be running at Dame Allan’s as normal.

Congratulations to all those who took part in the RGS Congress at on Saturday 26^th November.

Over 70 children took part during the day which is another amazing turnout!

U7s
Felicity, Henry, Lola, Esha, Reis and Sophie all finished on 1.5 points out of 3 to finish in joint third place with the girls jointly winning top girl awards. Oscar scored 2.5 to finish in second, with Tim winning all his games to earn the trophy!

U9s
Hugh, Kit, Cheuk and Jamie scored a superb 5 out of 7 to finish in joint third place. In second, with an amazing 5.5 was Terrence. Our top girl champion was Maddie with 3.5 points and winning the trophy, with a fantastic 7 out of 7, was Daniel!

U11s
With 5 points out of 7, joint third place went to Matthew, Hebo and Jaiveer. Second place, with a super 6 points, was James. Top girl was Ellie with 3 and the overall champion was Ethan with 6.5 points.

Seniors
In a hard fought competition, Yousef, Naman and Jonathan took third place with 2.5 points out of 5. Felix was second with 4 and Joe won the over trophy with 4.5. Well done also to Anna who won the top girl trophy.

We are now accepting entries for the NJCA RGS Congress on Saturday 26th November.

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A massive “Well Done!” to all those who took part in the NJCA Congress at Newcastle Prep School Sports Hall on Saturday 15^th October.

This was the largest attendance for one of our Saturday congresses for a while, with over 70 children taking part during the day. Many children attended for morning or afternoon sessions to get a taste of a chess day and we hope to welcome them back to future events!

All competitors should be incredibly proud of themselves!

U9s
Kush, Terrence and Avi scored a superb 4.5 out of 7 to finish in joint third place. In second, with an amazing 5.5 was Om. Our top girl champions were Cleo and Maddie with 3 points and winning the trophy, with a fantastic 6 points, was Iason!

U11s
With 5 points out of 7, joint third place went to Yogam, Ethan and Ishaan. Second place, with a super 6 points, was Bruce. Top girl was Eleanor with 4 and the overall champion was Adi with 6.5 points.

Seniors
In a hard fought competition, Jacob took third place with 3 points out of 5. Oliver was second with 5 and won the trophy for top boy. Emma won all her games, and the overall trophy, with 5 wins out of 5!